U.S. Foreign Policy

A man wearing a protective face mask attends a protest against the decision of the Mexican government to divert water from La Boquilla dam to the U.S., as part of a 1944 bilateral water treaty between the two countries, in Delicias, Chihuahua state, Mexico September 20, 2020. The writing reads, "Water belongs to Chihuahua". REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Not dried up: US-Mexico water cooperation

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, October 26, 2020

Russian sailors line up onboard a warship near a military submarine during a rehearsal for the Navy Day parade in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol, Crimea July 26, 2019. REUTERS/Alexey Pavlishak

Hope for nuclear arms control with Russia?

Monday, October 26, 2020

Nairobi, Kenya - April 28 2018: People walking along a busy street in the crowded down town of Nairobi City, Kenya, East Africa

US foreign policy toward Africa: An African citizen perspective

E. Gyimah-Boadi, Landry Signé, and Josephine Appiah-Nyamekye Sanny

Friday, October 23, 2020

San Diego

Cities are pledging to confront climate change, but are their actions working?

David G. Victor and Mark Muro

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Marc and Debra Tice, parents of U.S. journalist Austin Tice, walk past a poster of their son after the news conference in Beirut, Lebanon December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Questions President Trump needs to answer before negotiating with the Assad regime over hostages

Steven Heydemann

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

UN Flags

Why Brookings is starting a Center for Sustainable Development

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: The debate stage is prepared to the 2020 vice presidential debate between U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., October 7, 2020. Justin Sullivan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo/File Photo

10 questions for Trump and Biden during their final debate

Samantha Gross, Michael E. O’Hanlon, and Thomas Wright

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

US flag fluttering on the wind during sunset, flag raised on the cargo ship berthed in the port of Newark, NJ.

How the next administration can enhance US engagement in global development

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman transits the Suez Canal, Egypt towards the Mediterranean Sea in a photo released by the US Navy June 2, 2016. U.S. fighter jets on Friday launched strikes against Islamic State from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, the U.S. Navy said, marking the first time a U.S. aircraft carrier targeted areas in the Middle East from the Mediterranean since the Iraq War began in 2003. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Anthony Flynn/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY

How to downsize the US presence in the Middle East

Bruce Riedel and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

An aerial view shows Itu Aba, which the Taiwanese call Taiping, in the South China Sea, November 29, 2016. REUTERS/Fabian Hamacher

Stuck in the middle with you: Resourcing the Coast Guard for global competition

Michael Sinclair and Lindsey W. Ford

Friday, October 16, 2020